The US technological giant. Openai presented on Monday a chatgpt tool called “deep research” that can produce detailed reports, since China’s Depseek chatbot heats competition in the artificial intelligence field (AI).
The company made the announcement in Tokyo, where Openai’s head, Sam Altman also announced a new joint business with the Technological Inverter SoftBank Group to offer advanced artificial intelligence services to companies.
Altman and the founder of Softbank, Masayoshi, will meet with Japanese prime minister later on Monday and, according to reports, will announce plans to boost the infrastructure of Japan’s AI.
It occurs when the newcomer from Ai Depseek has sent Silicon Valley to a frenzy, and some called their high performance and their supposed cost a attention call for US developers.
Operai, whose chatgpt led the appearance of generative to public awareness in 2022, said that his new tool “achieves in tens of minutes what would take a human many hours.”
“You give you a notice, and Chatgpt will find, analyze and synthesize hundreds of online sources to create a comprehensive report at the level of an investigation analyst,” the company said in a statement.
On the social media platform, X Altman said that deep research, which paid users of “Pro” Chatgpt can access 100 times a month, was “slow” and required a lot of computer power.
But he was more optimistic on stage in a business forum in Tokyo.
“This is a system that I think can do, this is just an estimate of mine, but I think you can make a single -digit percentage of all economically valuable tasks in the world,” Altman said.
Crystal ball
SoftBank and OpenAi are part of Stargate Drive announced by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to invest up to $ 500 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States.
Similar steps to build AI data centers and energy centers in Japan could be announced when Altman and his son meet Prime Minister Shigeru Ihiba, said the Nikkei newspaper.
Ishiba is also expected to visit Washington to meet Trump for the first meeting in person of the leaders at the end of this week.
In his event for companies on Monday afternoon, they are announced a new joint business equally divided between the two companies.
Holding a purple crystal ball, the Japanese magnate described the services of a new product of the call Crystal, which can cross the data of the system system, reports, emails and meetings.
A joint statement said SoftBank “would spend $ 3 billion annually to implement OpenAi solutions in their group companies.”
The company “will serve as a springboard to introduce agents adapted to the unique needs of Japanese companies while establishing a model for global adoption,” he said.
‘New type of hardware’
Separately, Altman told the Nikkei I wanted to develop “a new type of hardware” using artificial intelligence in association with the former Design Director of Apple, Jony Ive.
But Altman said he would take a prototype for several years, said the Nikkei.
Altman also told the newspaper that Depseek is “a good model” that highlights the serious competition for AI reasoning technology, but that its “capacity level is not new.”
Deepseek’s performance has caused a wave of accusations that it has inversely designed the abilities of leading US technology, such as AI Powering Chatgpt.
Openai warned last week that Chinese companies try to actively replicate their advanced AI models, which caused a narrower cooperation with US authorities.
While Operai has not confirmed Altman’s next movements, media reports said he was expected to travel on Tuesday to Seoul.
A spokesman for the South Korea’s conglomerate Kakao said AFP that on Tuesday they would announce on Tuesday their “collaboration with Openai”, but did not confirm if Altman would be there.
OpenAi Altman says ‘There are no plans’ to sue Deepseek from China
Operai Chief Sam Altman said the American company “has no plans” to sue the Chinese Startup Depseek, who shook Silicon Valley with his powerful and apparently developed chatbot at a low price.
The creator of Chatgpt Openai warned last week that Chinese companies actively tried to replicate their advanced AI models.
“No, we have no plans to sue Deepseek at this time. We will continue to build excellent products and lead the world with the capacity of the model, and I think that will work well, ”Altman told reporters in Tokyo.
“Deepseek is undoubtedly an impressive model, but we believe we will continue to pushing the border and delivering excellent products, so we are happy to have another competitor,” he also reiterated.
“We have had many before, and I think it is of interest to us to advance and continue leading.”
Deepseek’s performance has caused a wave of accusations that it has inversely designed the abilities of leading US technology, such as AI Powering Chatgpt.
Operai has said that rivals are using a process known as distillation in which developers who create smaller models learn from the greatest copying their behavior and decision -making patterns, similar to a student who learns from a teacher.
But the company faces multiple accusations of intellectual property violations, mainly related to the use of copyright materials in the training of its generative AI models.
Deepseek offers European technological firms the opportunity to catch up on the global race of AI
Hemanth Mandapati, head of the German Startup Novo AI, was one of the first to adopt the Depseek chatbots when he changed to the Chinese of the Chinese of the OpenAi chatpt two weeks ago.
“If you have created its application using OpenAI, you can easily migrate to others … it took us minutes to change,” he said in an interview outside the most important conference for risk capitalists in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Deepseek’s emergency is changing the IA panorama, offering companies accessing technology to a cost fraction, according to interviews with more than a dozen executives and starting investors. It also has the potential to push other companies to improve their models and reduce prices.
“There was an Deepseek offer that was five times less than its real prices,” said Mandapati. “I am saving a lot of money and users do not see any difference.”
The new technology companies in Europe had struggled to adopt new technology at the same rate as US rivals, which have easier access to financing. But executives say Deepseek could change the game.
“It marks an important step forward in the democratization of AI and leveling the playing field with Big Tech,” said Rejal, commercial director of the British firm Netmind.AI, another early adopter of Depseek.
Bernstein analysts estimate that Deepseek’s price is 20 to 40 times cheaper than Openai’s equivalent models.
Operai charges $ 2.5 for 1 million entry tokens, or data units processed by the AI model, while Deepseek currently charges $ 0.014 for the same number of tokens.
Regulators have raised concerns about whether Deepseek is copying Operai data or censoring answers that could portray China in a bad way. It is currently being investigated in different European countries.
“While Deepseek’s future as a business is difficult to predict, the structural impact seems quite widespread,” said Sanjot Malhi, a partner of the Northzone risk capital firm.